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 August 5th 2005, 06:27 AM
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http://www.apple.com/mightymouse/
I was wondering if anyone had tried this mouse out, and what they thought of it. It seems to me that it has all of the functions of a normal gaming mouse, but I havn't even tried it yet. Would this be a good gaming mouse? |
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August 5th 2005, 06:36 AM
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 Macworld Magazine Group: Members Posts: 468 Joined: February 8 '03 From: Mashpee, MA Member No.: 3,408 |
QUOTE(prohaq32 @ August 5th 2005, 07:27 AM) Would this be a good gaming mouse?  I've talked with a few gamers that have gotten their hands on them, and the consensus has been no. The comment I've heard repeated several times now is that you can't have your finger(s) resting anywhere on the mouse for it to register a "right" click. -------------------- Peter Cohen, pcohen@macworld.com
Senior Editor, Macworld.com News Columnist, Macworld "Game Room" |
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August 5th 2005, 08:04 AM
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 Heroic Group: Members Posts: 279 Joined: April 22 '05 From: Maine Member No.: 7,280 |
I have the Razer Diamondback for my gaming mouse and Logitech MX1000 for everything else and when this came out I thought that it sure looked cool which most Apple products do but I wasn't going to get a third mouse.
The Razer mice are still my favorite for gaming. -------------------- Honor but above all, Loyalty.
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August 5th 2005, 10:53 AM
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 Verbal Windbag Group: IMG Writers Posts: 4,226 Joined: September 20 '01 From: Chicago Illinois Member No.: 560 |
Seriously, I think that the Razer Diamondback and MX1000 are pretty pointless upgrades (marketing overkill). Don't get me wrong--I'll definitely get a laser mouse when the price comes down just for the sake of the microscopic benefit it provides. As long as you have a relatively new optical mouse that has enough correctly-positioned buttons, it's all in your hand. If they sold an upgrade for my hand, then I'd buy it.
Prohaq, I'd buy an Intellimouse Explorer 4.0 and a Nostromo n52 if I were you--they're both about $25 online if you know where to look (ask me if you can't find them), and they'll help you a lot more than just getting a Diamondback (and absolutely blow that pitiful Mighty Mouse out of the water). -------------------- Bryan Clodfelter
IMG Senior Hardware Editor B.S. Electrical Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Up-to-Date Software Configuration nVidia Forceware 191.03 / System Tools 6.05 Boot Camp 3.0 (Build 2058) / RealTek HD R2.34 Email: Bryan[at]InsideMacGames.com, Steam: Angelw1ng, Skype+AIM: EliteMacFreak |
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August 5th 2005, 11:27 AM
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 Heroic Group: Members Posts: 334 Joined: July 29 '05 From: NC, USA Member No.: 7,628 |
  Somebody had to.
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August 5th 2005, 11:38 AM
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 Macologist Group: Members Posts: 55 Joined: July 30 '04 Member No.: 6,142 |
QUOTE(Quicksilver @ August 5th 2005, 09:53 AM) Seriously, I think that the Razer Diamondback and MX1000 are pretty pointless upgrades (marketing overkill). Don't get me wrong--I'll definitely get a laser mouse when the price comes down just for the sake of the microscopic benefit it provides. As long as you have a relatively new optical mouse that has enough correctly-positioned buttons, it's all in your hand. If they sold an upgrade for my hand, then I'd buy it. Prohaq, I'd buy an Intellimouse Explorer 4.0 and a Nostromo n52 if I were you--they're both about $25 online if you know where to look (ask me if you can't find them), and they'll help you a lot more than just getting a Diamondback (and absolutely blow that pitiful Mighty Mouse out of the water). Depends what games you play really. I play a lot of Call Of Duty rifles only games and I guarentee you that the diamondback improved my game dramatically over my previous logitech optical. |
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August 5th 2005, 11:56 AM
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Heroic Group: Members Posts: 279 Joined: April 22 '05 From: Maine Member No.: 7,280 |
The MX1000 is a wonderful mouse but only if you are right handed - it's more comfortable than any other mouse I've used simply because of the shape.
And yes - if you play alot of FPS you will notice the difference with the Razer mice. Oh yes - I have the nostromo n52 as well and that is a priceless upgrade but really geard towards FPS players even though you can use it for other games as well. -------------------- Honor but above all, Loyalty.
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August 5th 2005, 01:34 PM
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 Fanatic Group: Members Posts: 85 Joined: November 16 '04 Member No.: 6,676 |
is the logitech 510 any good for gaming or just as a mouse in general?
-------------------- Wise people learn by others’ mistakes, fools by their own. -Henry George Bohn
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August 5th 2005, 06:17 PM
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 Fanatic Group: Members Posts: 80 Joined: July 31 '04 From: Puddleby, Lok'Groton Member No.: 6,146 |
It's not going to be a good gaming mouse. The feel is the same as a the current pro mouse, with a scroll ball as well. The whole mouse clicks down with any kind of click, and the 'sensor' part detects if it was a right click...and your fingers on the left side of the mouse need to be up at that point. I can't figure out if its a one button mouse trying to be a multi button, or a multi button trying to be a one button.
Best off sticking with the Logitech, my MX510 is absolutely wonderful, IMHO. -------------------- Current Status: on (forced) hiatus from mac gaming.
Current Gaming Rig: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ @ 2.6GHz X800GTO Fireblade @ 585:1260 Ex Rig: Overclocked G4 MDD 1.50 x 2 MDD Radeon 9800 Pro Future Fun Rig: G4 Cube 1.3 x 2 w/GeForce3 |
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August 5th 2005, 06:35 PM
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 Heroic Group: Members Posts: 376 Joined: April 7 '03 Member No.: 3,679 |
I read that you can not click both left and right buttons at the same time so this mouse would cripple you in Unreal Tournament 2004 from doing things like tight grouped rocket shots.
-------------------- I serve too many masters.
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August 5th 2005, 07:08 PM
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Heroic Group: Members Posts: 334 Joined: July 29 '05 From: NC, USA Member No.: 7,628 |
I'm sure there'll be optimizations to these problems, most likely optional. If not from Apple itself, then from USB Overdrive or another developer for sure.
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August 6th 2005, 05:30 AM
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 of the Popeye Analogy Group: Members Posts: 8,935 Joined: May 31 '05 From: London, UK Member No.: 7,389 |
go here for info about WHY its not very good for gaming:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/hardware/dissect.ars or if you cant be bothered to read that, then ill do a quick summary of what they said. Basically, the top shell is a single entity, with two touch sensitive bits underneath. but the mouse only looks to the left side for pressure. So when the shell is clicked down, it checks i the left side has any pressure on it and if it does then it becomes a left click. also the squeeze button doesn give much feedback with a nice physical click once its reached. hopefully apple will sort this out in the next revision. -------------------- Polytetrafluoroethylene to my friends.
Macbook Pro - C2D 2.4Ghz / 4Gb RAM / WD Scorpio Black 320GB ( 255GB OSX v 42GB XP ) / Geforce 8600M GT 256Mb / 15.4" Cube - G4 1.7Ghz 7448 / 1.5Gb RAM / Samsung Spinpoint 250GB / Geforce 6200 256Mb We won! Apple offer the 17" with a matte screen! Well... at a price... |
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August 6th 2005, 09:30 AM
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Fan Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: November 18 '04 Member No.: 6,691 |
Hey thanks alot guys, im dissapointed that the mighty mouse doesn't meat the standards, but im not really surprised. Im diffinetly going to check out the mouse's that you guys recomended.
prohaq |
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